Indian Authors Wish List

In all fairness, I think there are many Indians who write beautifully and make excellent authors. One of my favorite authors is Tagore. But sadly some of his translated works are such a pain to read that I fervently wish I knew Bengali so I could relish his prose in all its original beauty and flavor.

This year I decided to experiment with two kinds of Indian authors: (i)who are only hype and little substance (ii) those gems who are lost in the heap of fake diamonds, the true Real McCoys.

My reading wish list for 2007 include:

• Tagore's Chokerbali
  
• Rushdie's Midnight's Children
• Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music
• Naipauls' A House for Mr. Biswas
• Amitav Ghosh's Hungry Tide
• Khushwant Singh's The Train to Pakistan
• Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games
• Kiran Desai's Inheritance of Loss
• Suketu Mehta's Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
• Sudha Murthy's Mahasweta and Dollar Bahu
• David Davidar's The House of Blue Mangoes
• Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters

Any suggestions from you are welcome :-)